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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIiN. 



A PORTION OF WINTER VALLEY, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE CORRALS. 



and the stock watered and fed. We found 

 every one of the bison in as good condition 

 as we expected. All the animals had become 

 thoroughly accustomed to the unusual situa- 

 tion, and behaved exactly as if peacefully 

 grazing in the Zoological Park. 



Mr. Rush, in charge of car 6026, left St. 

 Louis at 8.41 Monday evening and without 

 delay or accident arrived safely in Cache 

 Wednesday afternoon at 3.00 o'clock. Wag- 

 ons were in waiting and the seven animals 

 were safely transferred to the corrals at the 

 Reserve before midnight of the same dav. We 

 remained until Tuesday evening at 8.41, at 

 which hour we left St. Louis with the other 

 car of eight animals. 



No sleeping accommodations could be ar- 

 ranged in this car, and we transferred our 

 blankets to the express car, where we slept 

 on the floor the night through, arriving at 

 Monette, Missouri, at 7 o'clock Wednesday 

 morning. As nearly all of the western papers 

 had described the bison transfer, our arrival 

 at the various towns south of St. Louis was 

 awaited with considerable interest, and in some 



places it approached enthusiasm. As the side- 

 doors would be opened throngs of men. 

 women and children rushed up to get a 

 glimpse of the famous animals, and if the 

 stop was long enough, they climbed in, and 

 inspected the bison through the openings 

 of the crates. In some places the car was 

 packed to sufifocation, and the people only 

 departed when they were forced out by the 

 speed of the train. The signs attracted atten- 

 tion everywhere and the curious observers 

 noted them all along the line, reading as long 

 as the car remained in sight. 



The word "Zoological" was pronounced in 

 more ways than I thought ever possible. The 

 air became milder hourly, and it was pos- 

 sible to open the side doors, and view a coun- 

 try at once both interesting and strange. 

 Gradually the hills gave way to low swells 

 and the wooded portions were confined to 

 the streams, whose course could be marked 

 for miles by the narrow ribbons of green which 

 finally lost themselves in the distant blue of 

 the horizon. Fields of corn, some standing, 

 others stacked, with an occasional field of 



